Heterogeneous responses to school track choice: Evidence from the repeal of binding track recommendations

Maximilian Bach

Economics of Education Review, 2023, vol. 95, issue C

Abstract: This paper studies how introducing free school track choice in Germany’s between-school tracking system through a repeal of binding track recommendations affects track decisions by socio-economic status (SES). While highest track enrollment increases for previously ineligible high-SES students relative to comparable low-SES students, the SES gap does not increase. This is because previously eligible low-SES student become more likely to enroll in the highest track. A key mechanism for this response appears to be lower preferences for the intermediate track due to concerns about the inflow of mostly low-achieving and low-SES students from the lowest track after the repeal.

Keywords: Education; School choice; Intergenerational mobility; Inequality of opportunity; Tracking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I28 J24 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102412

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